Chiappe and Chinsamy have a bit in the new Nature (Jap tsunami on cover) on the 'bristles' of _Pterodaustro_: they sectioned some, and under the microscope they reveal dentine layers and a pulp cavity. They _are_ teeth! And what do we make of Hou's Jurassic birds? "Wait a minute - was she a great big fat person?" DARREN NAISH